Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Quilting: 2015 Finish-A-Long with Adrienne at On The Windy Side

I've been quilting again, lately. I started a few years ago.. then took a break, and now am enjoying it again. Or mostly I'm enjoying buying fabric and looking at other people's quilts. Quite a few of which I've Pinned.

1. This Way, Thatta Way quilt in blue and green.
This one is a complete quilt top. I need to figure out the backing (one pattern in blue, vs piecing leftovers together?) and I am going to bind it in grey.

9. Citron, grey, and white log cabin. I have no idea why, but I love love love this quilt. I can't decide if I want to copy it as directly as possible (I need to find/buy the right shade of yellowy mustard green) or use patterned mustard/citron fabrics in place of the solid. Hmm.

10. I love the interplay of colour and gradient effect of this Starry Migration quilt. The free pattern is available here! I probably wouldn't use the same colours and I don't think I'm ready to tackle this type of project yet... but it's a quilt I keep looking at, over and over again.

11. Wonky stars in navy, pink, and maybe other colours too.
I sewed up this block just to try it out, and love love love it. I think it would be nice to mix in some low volume backgrounds with a few bolder backgrounds like this one.

12. Assorted nine patch sampler. I've been practicing making blocks by randomly making nine patches that I like. They are simple, but I'm working on my piecing skills and enjoying feeling like I've accomplished something without the pressure of making an entire quilt.

13. Thisbold geometric diamond throw in navy blue and white is just so fun!! I don't have any solid dark blue right now, and I'm not sure it would work well with patterned fabric.

16. Red and aqua plus sign quilt. This quilt was THE quilt that made me think, "I have to quilt". I should probably make this some day. :) My mom gave me solid red, aqua, and white Kona a few years ago, so I could make this pretty girl.
My fabrics... though now looking at my inspiration quilt I see that it has very few different fabrics in it, mostly red and solid red and just a tiny bit of aqua. I love the red and white gingham and I don't have any, so maybe need that before starting.

5 comments:

Oh my, so much delightfulness....a veritable feast for the eyes and imagination ;) I'm currently trying to finish a quilt made from my daughter's baby clothing....completely freestyle...it's at the stage where it's looking 'crazy' and totally looking like it's not going to come together in to anything cool at all, leading me to desperation thinking I've massacred all her baby clothes with nothing to show for it....I *will* push on, nonetheless, and see it through to the end! Fingers crossed it will turn out fine ;)

Haha! it is already a "huge gigantic list"!!! I love every single one of your to do quilts, and I would like to own ALL your fabrics!Can't wait to see all your finished quilts...it looks to me like you will have a super fun first quarter!!!